Coordinates: 21°14′20″N 104°54′00″W / 21.23889°N 104.90000°W / 21.23889; -104.90000

Compostela, Nayarit

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Compostela
Municipality
Rincón de Guayabitos
Rincón de Guayabitos
Official seal of Compostela
Seal
Location of Compostela municipality in Nayarit
Location of Compostela municipality in Nayarit
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CountryMexico
StateNayarit
Founded1530
Founded byNuño de Guzmán
SeatCompostela
Government
 • Presidente municipalRomina Chang Aguilar (Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg)
Area
 • Total
823.6 km2 (318.0 sq mi)
Highest elevation
30 m (98 ft)
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total
77,436
 • Seat
20,322
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (Zona Pacífico))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT (Zona Pacífico))
Postal Code
63740
Area Code323, 327,
Websitecompostela.nayarit.gob.mx

Compostela is the name of both a municipality and of a town in it that serves as the seat; both are in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The municipality had 77,436 in 2020 and the seat 20,322. It has a total area of 1,848 km2 (713.5 sq mi).

Etymology

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The name was given in honor of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain; tradition says that "Compostela" comes from Latin campus stellae, "field of stars" (another theory makes it come from composita tella or even compositella).

Geography

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Compostela is located on the south coast of the state and is bounded in the north by San Blas and Xalisco; in the south by Bahía de Banderas and the state of Jalisco; in the east by Santa María del Oro, San Pedro Lagunillas and the state of Jalisco; in the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The largest settlements in the municipality are: Compostela (15,991 inhabitants in 2000), Las Varas (12,403), La Peñita de Jaltemba (7,062), Zacualpan (4,468), and Colonia Paraíso Escondido (2,069).

The climate is tempered by elevation, with rains from July to September. The hottest months are April and May. The average annual rainfall is 968.5 mm. The average annual temperature is 22.9 °C.

Economy

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The economy is heavily based on agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, corn, beans, coffee, sorghum, and mangoes. There were around 50,000 head of cattle in 1995. There were several small gold and silver mines. In manufacturing the main products were cigars, mango packing, rice shelling, soap factories, cattle feed, furniture, and food and drink.

Tourism

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This is a region that attracts a considerable number of local and foreign visitors due to the natural landscape, beaches, historical sites and the international fishing competitions.

Around Las Varas in the direction of the south there are beaches in the zone called Costa Alegre, among which should be mentioned: Chacala and Chacalilla, La Peñita de Jaltemba, Rincón de Guayabitos, Los Ayala, El Monteón, and Playa Platanitos, as well as the islands in the bay of Jaltemba, with a good infrastructure of services.

Government

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Municipal presidents

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Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Petronilo Díaz Ponce[2] 1917
Manuel Pimienta Hernández 1918
Rafael Dávila 1919
José Ma. Regalado Larios 1920–1921
Fernando Romero Paredes 1922–1923
Gustavo Luna Plata 1924
Pedro Ibarra Trujillo 1925
Gustavo Luna Plata 1926
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo 1927
Alberto Rodríguez Rocha 1928
Rafael Ibarra Trujillo 1929
Narciso Piña 1930 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Gustavo B. Maciel 1931 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Apolonio Aguirre Delgado 1931 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Jorge Olimón Colio 1932–1933 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Juan Manuel Larios 1934 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Guillermo Flores Abena 1935 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Joaquín Betancourt 1935 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Jesús Puga Flores 1936 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Alfonso Ocegueda Carrillo 1937–1938 PNR File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg
Isidro Mora Piña 1938 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Alfonso Rodríguez Aguirre 1939–1940 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Reyes Orozco Villa 1941 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Pedro Arciniega Álvarez 1941–1942 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Eduardo Arcadia Mediana 1943–1944 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
Martiniano Trejo González 1945–1948 PRM File:Logo Partido de la Revolucion Mexicana.svg
PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Fernando Ulloa González 1949–1951 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Martiniano Trejo González 1952–1954 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Gradilla Vidriales 1955–1958 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Salvador Gutiérrez Contreras 1958–1960 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Manuel Gradilla Muñoz 1961–1963 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Indalencio Esparza 1963 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg Acting municipal president
Raymundo Zavala Sánchez 1964–1966 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Rafael Machuca Medina 1967–1969 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Hernández García 1969–1971 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Javier Ayón Uribe 1970–1972 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Ángel Ocegueda Cuevas 1973–1975 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Manuel Inda Vallejo 1976–1978 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Nicolás Aguirre Anzaldo 1978–1979 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Enrique Medina Lomelí 1979–1981 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Alejandro González Sánchez 1981–1982 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Ramón Pimienta Aguirre 1982–1984 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Arnulfo Peña Banda 1984–1987 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Heriberto Conde Valdés 1987–1990 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Macario Aguayo Durán 1990–1992 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
José Luis Flores de los Ángeles 1992–1993 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Baltazar Cruz Dueñas 1993–1996 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Andrés Villaseñor Salazar[3] 17-09-1996–16-09-1999 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Juan Aguirre Chávez[4] 17-09-1999–16-09-2002 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Alicia Monroy Lizola[5] 17-09-2002–16-09-2005 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Marco Antonio Moreno Venegas[6] 17-09-2005–16-09-2008 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Héctor López Santiago[7] 17-09-2008–16-09-2011 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Panal File:PNA logo (Mexico).svg 		Coalition "For the Nayarit We All Want"
Pablo Pimienta Márquez[8] 17-09-2011–16-09-2014 PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg
Alicia Monroy Lizola[9] 17-09-2014–16-09-2017 PRI File:PRI Party (Mexico).svg
Panal File:PNA logo (Mexico).svg
PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg 		Coalition "For the Good of All"
Gloria Núñez Sánchez (es)[10][11][12] 17-09-2017–27-03-2018 PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD File:PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS File:Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". She was elected constitutional municipal president of Compostela. Applied for a temporary leave to run in the federal elections of Sunday 1 July 2018 towards a seat for Nayarit in the Senate of the Republic, which she got
Kenia Elizeth Núñez Delgado 28-03-2018–06-12-2018 PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD File:PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS File:Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president
Gloria Núñez Sánchez[13][14][15] 07-12-2018–14-03-2019 PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD File:PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS File:Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". She returned from the Senate to the Municipal Presidency of Compostela. Again applied for a temporary leave from the Municipal Presidency, this time in a definitive way, to go back to occupy her seat in the Senate
Kenia Elizeth Núñez Delgado[16] 22-03-2019–16-09-2021 PAN File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg
PRD File:PRD logo without border (Mexico).svg
PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
PRS File:Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit.svg 		Coalition "Together for You". Acting municipal president for the second time
Romina Chang Aguilar[17] 17-09-2021–16-09-2024 PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg
Panal File:PNA logo (Mexico).svg

Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg

Gustavo Alfonso Ayón Aguirre[18] 17-09-2024– Morena File:Morena logo (Mexico).svg
PVEM File:PVE logo (Mexico).svg
PT File:PT logo (Mexico).svg
Force for Mexico File:FPM logo (Mexico).svg 		Coalition "Sigamos Haciendo Historia" (Let's Keep Making History)

References

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